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April 14, 2022

Bear cub recuperating in New Hampshire after car accident killed its entire family

Officers discovered the bear cub hiding in a tree after responding to reports of a bear being struck by a car.

April 14, 2022

Fatou, world's oldest gorilla, celebrates 65th birthday with cake

The world’s oldest gorilla just turned 65.

April 14, 2022

Pfizer, BioNTech will ask FDA to authorize COVID booster for healthy kids ages 5-11

Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday that they would ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a booster dose of their coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in healthy kids ages 5 to 11. 

April 13, 2022

100-year-old dead shark had meningitis, researchers say

It is believed that the Greenland shark died from meningitis, which would be the first recorded instance of the infection in the species.

April 13, 2022

COVID cases, deaths fall for third consecutive week, World Health Organization says

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs.

April 13, 2022

Zoos in US respond to bird flu outbreak as infection rates mount

What to know as the avian influenza outbreak that’s claimed the lives of millions of birds.

April 12, 2022

Skull of popular elk stolen from Rocky Mountain National Park

In March, a popular elk named Kahuna died from natural causes at the state park.

April 11, 2022

Mountain lion visits the same house in California multiple times

A man shared footage to social media of a mountain lion making several appearances on his property.

April 7, 2022

Wisconsin doctor fell to her death on solo hiking trip when clay bank collapsed underneath her: sheriff

A doctor who was found dead after disappearing on a hike by herself in northern Wisconsin was killed when a steep clay bank collapsed underneath her, local authorities said this week.

April 7, 2022

Alabama tracking trio of bear cubs

Officials with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources explained that they were able to place tracking collars on a trio of newborn bear cubs.